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Areεἶyouσὺnot,οὐκthen,ἄραthe Egyptianὁ Αἰγύπτιοςwhoὁbeforeπρὸtheseτούτωνdaysτῶν ἡμερῶνstirred up a revoltἀναστατώσαςandκαὶled outἐξαγαγὼνintoεἰςthe wildernessτὴν ἔρημονthe four thousandτοὺς τετρακισχιλίουςmenἄνδραςof the sicarii?”τῶν σικαρίων
Acts 21:38
Study it in the app“Are you not, then, the Egyptian who before these days stirred up a revolt and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the sicarii?””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:38, word by word
- Areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- thenἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears- the EgyptianΑἰγύπτιοςAigyptios
Egyptian
Egyptian: a person from Egypt.
Where else “Aigyptios” appears- daysἡμερῶνhēmerōn
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerōn” appears- stirred up a revoltἀναστατώσαςanastatōsas
stir up, upset
Stir up, unsettle, throw into turmoil.
Where else “anastatōsas” appears- led outἐξαγαγὼνexagagōn
lead out
Lead out, bring out.
Where else “exagagōn” appears- the wildernessἔρημονerēmon
wilderness
Land without people or crops.
Where else “erēmon” appears- the four thousandτετρακισχιλίουςtetrakischilious
four thousand
Four thousand.
Where else “tetrakischilious” appears- menἄνδραςandras
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andras” appears- of the sicariiσικαρίωνsikariōn
assassin
Assassin, one of the Sicarii: Jewish nationalists who killed with a hidden dagger.
Where else “sikariōn” appears
Translation note
The historian Josephus speaks of an Egyptian who, around the year 54, led a crowd to the Mount of Olives and fled when the Romans attacked it. The sicarii were Jewish nationalists who killed with a hidden dagger.
The context
37And as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he says to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?
38 · This verse (above)
39But Paul said, “I am a Jewish man, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
To study Acts 21 in a group
1. What it says
What does the prophet Agabus do, and what do the believers who hear him ask of Paul? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
What does Paul answer those who weep to keep him from going up to Jerusalem, and how do they react? (vv. 13-14)
3. How I live it
Paul's friends wanted to protect him, but in the end said "The Lord's will be done" (v. 14). When is it hard for you to let someone you love go?